Snapshot by Carleigh Foutch

The worst part of 2016 was that it divided us like fractions
Leaving the fragments for 2017 to clean
How are we supposed to move forward with glass in our feet?
Whose wounds bleed hate and hellfire

We have taken another trip ‘round the sun
The year now a mere snapshot in the photo album of the world

Images of hate crimes as headlines
The Aleppo children buried under rubble
#BlackLivesMatter taking to the streets
While black men’s bodies lie motionless in them
A woman’s letter to her rapist going viral
His too short sentence a knife to the heart

We have taken another trip ‘round the sun
And where did it get us?

So here’s my resolution for 2017
Let us scatter joy like seeds that will bloom into wildflowers
They will be a mere tickle across our healing feet
And we will keep moving forward, like only we can do

Carleigh Foutch is a senior at OU studying professional writing and human relations. She hopes to make the world a better place through her art.